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May 7, 2012
Coleman calls for engaging, active undergraduate learning
President Mary Sue Coleman celebrated U-M’s teaching innovations while calling on educators to dig deep to overhaul undergraduate education for the 21st century, in a talk delivered during an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the pioneering Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.
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May 7, 2012
Scientists examine how immune system fights off threats to brain
Like a police officer calling for backup while also keeping a strong hold on a suspected criminal, immune cells in the brain take a two-tier approach to fighting off a threat, new research from the U-M Health System finds. For the first time, the scientists managed to capture that reaction in action, showing how certain… -
May 7, 2012
Psychology researcher Susan Gelman receives top scientific honor
Susan Gelman, the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her excellence in original scientific research.
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May 7, 2012
Study: More mothers using opiates giving birth to addicted babies
About one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States, new research from University of Michigan physicians shows. In the research published April 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, U-M physicians found that diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome, a drug withdrawal syndrome among newborns, almost tripled between… -
April 30, 2012
Michigan Road Scholars roll out on 13th annual tour
Nearly three dozen university faculty and senior staff have tapped their inner Jack Kerouac and hit the road for the 13th annual Michigan Road Scholars trek around Michigan. In their 2012 “seminar on wheels,” the scholars will learn about the communities, people, and priorities in seven locations in Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.
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April 30, 2012
Staff nominations sought for DPS oversight committee
Staff nominations are being accepted for candidates to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Oversight Committee. The DPS Oversight Committee consists of two staff (one union and one non-union), two students and two faculty members (one Senate and one non-Senate) nominated and elected by their peers. All are for two-year terms. The DPS Oversight Committee… -
April 30, 2012
Day in the Life photo project celebrates campus diversity
View a slideshow of the Day in the Life photography project > To get a striking photo of a sunrise over the Medical Center and Central Campus, Eric Bronson pressed up against a window on the top floor of the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. On previous shoots for Michigan Photography, Bronson said he’d grown… -
April 30, 2012
Supermileage Team aims to break fuel barriers
Can a car really get 3,300 miles to the gallon? The U-M Supermileage Team is on its way to proving it can. The new student team will compete in its first ever competition this summer, the SAE International Supermileage Challenge, in Marshall. The competition challenges student teams to design and construct a single-person, fuel-efficient vehicle… -
April 30, 2012
Assistant professor’s father, a Hungarian patriot, influences a career
Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography. The decision to study Hungary was easy for Krisztina Fehervary, assistant professor of anthropology, LSA. It was her father, Istvan, who helped connect Fehervary to her Hungarian roots. Istvan Fehervary had spent eight years in a communist prison for writing down the numbers of Soviet tanks during the Hungarian… -
April 30, 2012
The Generation X Report: Food in the lives of GenXers
Generation X adults prepare an average of 10 meals a week, and eat out or buy fast food an average of three times a week, according to a U-M report that details the role food plays in the lives of Americans born between 1961 and 1981. GenX men are surprisingly involved in shopping for food…
